Santorini (Thira) International Airport

Santorini (Thira) International Airport is an airport in Santorini/Thira, Greece (IATA: JTR, ICAO: LGSR), located north of the village of Kamari. The airport serves both as a military and a civil airport. With its relatively small apron, as of 2018 the airport is only able to serve up to six civilian planes at the same time. Santorini is one of the few Cyclades Islands with a major airport.

Santorini International Airport Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Σαντορίνης
IATA: JTR ICAO: LGSR
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Greek State
Operator	Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture
Serves	Santorini
Location	Kamari
Elevation AMSL	127 ft / 39 m
Coordinates	36°23′57.01″N 25°28′45.60″E
Website	jtr-airport.gr
Map
JTR Location of airport in Greece
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 16L/34R 6,972 2,125 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers 2,300,408 Passenger traffic change 2.0% Aircraft movements 21,319 Aircraft movements change 4.7%
Runway[1] Statistics[2]

The airport is located about 6 km southeast of the centre of the city of Thira. The main asphalt runway (16L-34R) is 6972 feet/2125m in length. The parallel taxiway was built to runway specification and is labeled 16R-34L. The airfield can accommodate medium sized jets like the Boeing 757, Boeing 737 and Airbus 320 series as well as smaller aircraft such as the Avro RJ, Fokker 70, and ATR 72. Scheduled airlines include Ryanair, Olympic Air and Aegean Airlines, with seasonal scheduled and charter flights from other airlines during the higher seasons in spring, summer and autumn. Transportation to and from the air terminal is through buses, taxis, hotel car-pickups and hired cars.

History

Kamari town and Santorini International Airport

The airport first operated in 1972.[3]

In December 2015 the privatisation of Santorini (Thira) International Airport and 13 other regional airports of Greece was finalised with the signing of the agreement between the Fraport AG/Copelouzos Group joint venture and the state privatisation fund.[4] According to the agreement, the joint venture will operate the 14 airports (including Santorini (Thira) International Airport) for 40 years as of 11 April 2017.

Future of the airport

On 22 March 2017, Fraport Greece presented its master plan for the 14 regional airports including the Santorini International Airport.[5][6]

The following summarizes the enhancement changes that will be implemented for Santorini International Airport under Fraport Greece's investment plan by 2020:[7]

• Expanding and remodelling the current terminal
• 236% increase in total terminal space at 15,640 m2, by replacing part of the current terminal and constructing a new terminal
• 113% increase in the number of check-in counters (from 8 to 17)
• Doubling the number of security-check lanes (from 1 to 2)
• 20% increase in the number of departure gates (from 5 to 6)
• 250% increase in the number of security-check lanes (from 2 to 7)
• Improving lighting, marking of airside areas
• Upgrading sanitary facilities
• Enhancing services and offering a new free Internet connection (WiFi)
• Implementing works to improve fire safety in all the areas of the airports
• New fire station
• Reorganizing the airport apron area

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aegean Airlines[8]	Athens Seasonal: Larnaca, Thessaloniki
Air France	Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle[9]
Austrian Airlines	Seasonal: Vienna
Aviolet	Seasonal charter: Belgrade[10]
Blue Panorama Airlines	Seasonal: Bergamo, Bologna, Rome–Fiumicino
British Airways	Seasonal: London–City, London–Heathrow
Condor	Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt,[11] Munich
easyJet	Seasonal: London–Gatwick, Manchester, Milan–Malpensa, Venice
easyJet Switzerland	Seasonal: Geneva
Edelweiss Air	Seasonal: Zürich
Ellinair	Seasonal: Athens, Heraklion, Thessaloniki
Eurowings	Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf,[12] Stuttgart,[13] Vienna
Finnair	Seasonal: Helsinki
Iberia Express	Seasonal: Madrid
Jet2.com	Seasonal: Birmingham (begins 4 May 2021),[14] Leeds/Bradford (begins 6 May 2021),[15] London–Stansted (begins 4 May 2021),[14] Manchester (begins 1 May 2021)[14]
LOT Polish Airlines	Seasonal: Kraków,[16] Warsaw–Chopin,[17] Wrocław[18]
Lufthansa	Seasonal: Frankfurt,[19] Munich
Neos	Seasonal: Milan–Malpensa,[20] Verona
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Seasonal: Copenhagen, Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm–Arlanda
Novair	Seasonal charter: Oslo–Gardermoen[21]
Olympic Air	Athens Seasonal: Thessaloniki
Qatar Airways	Seasonal: Doha[22][23]
Ryanair	Seasonal: Athens,[24] Bergamo, Dublin (begins 17 August 2020),[25] Vienna[26]
Scandinavian Airlines	Seasonal charter: Bergen,[21] Gothenburg,[27] Stavanger,[21] Stockholm–Arlanda,[27] Trondheim[21]
Sky Express	Seasonal: Athens
Transavia	Seasonal: Amsterdam
Transavia France	Seasonal: Nantes, Paris–Orly
TUI Airways	Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, London–Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne[28]
TUI fly Belgium	Seasonal: Brussels
Volotea	Athens Seasonal: Bari, Bordeaux,[29] Genoa, Lyon (begins 7 July 2021),[30] Marseille, Nantes, Naples, Palermo, Thessaloniki, Toulouse, Venice, Verona
Vueling	Seasonal: Barcelona, Florence, Rome–Fiumicino
Wizz Air	Seasonal: Bucharest,[31] Budapest, Dortmund,[32] Milan–Malpensa,[33] Vienna[34]
Wizz Air UK	Seasonal: London–Luton

Traffic figures

The data are from Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)[35] until 2016, and from the airport's official website from 2017 thereafter.[36]

Year Passengers Domestic International Total 1994 175,152 225,896 401,048 1995 188,461 257,978 446,439 1996 188,778 246,680 435.458 1997 208,195 263,735 471,930 1998 209,505 286,809 496,314 1999 225,160 353,193 578,353 2000 302,072 373,428 675,500 2001 288,084 387,659 675,743 2002 221,040 357,797 578,837 2003 207,695 326,232 533,927 2004 245,577 302,564 548,141 2005 269,371 341,913 611,284 2006 316,973 361,262 678,235 2007 359,950 386,724 746,674 2008 360,670 371,484 732,154 2009 356,040 343,068 699,108 2010 354,872 367,283 722,155 2011 377,473 408,074 785,547 2012 358,468 405,071 763,539 2013 403,687 494,466 898,153 2014 548,274 631,534 1,179,808 2015 771,193 724,697 1,495,890 2016 897,231 788,464 1,685,695 2017 1,022,117 908,894 1,928,295 2018 1,186,904 1,068,022 2,254,926 2019 1,228,840 1,071,568 2,300,408 2020 (Jul) 140.126 54.041 194.167

See also

• Transport in Greece

References

1. Jeppesen aerodrome charts
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3. "Santorini Airport History". Retrieved 7 June 2015.
4. "Greece signs privatization of 14 regional airports with Germany's Fraport - TornosNews.gr". Retrieved 4 May 2017.
5. "Fraport Greece’s Development Plan for the New Era at the Greek Regional Airports", fraport-greece.com
6. "Santorini Airport - Fraport".
7. "Η Fraport αλλάζει ριζικά τα 14 αεροδρόμια".
8. https://en.aegeanair.com/plan/flight-schedules/
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10. "Charter schedule" (PDF). aviolet.rs.
11. 2017, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Condor Adds New Greek Routes in S17". Retrieved 4 May 2017.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
12. Liu, Jim. "Eurowings S20 Short-Haul network additions as of 18OCT19". Routesonline. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
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15. https://www.jet2.com/timetable
16. Liu, Jim. "LOT will launch 130 connections to several dozen European resorts". businessinsider.com.pl. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
17. routesonline.com. 29 June 2020 https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/292113/lot-polish-airlines-outlines-summer-2020-lotnawakacje-holiday-program/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
18. Liu, Jim. "LOT will launch 130 connections to several dozen European resorts". businessinsider.com.pl. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
19. Lufthansa begin new seasonal service to Santorini in 2018
20. "Flight Times". neosair.it/en.
21. "Flight". apollo.no.
22. https://ftnnews.com/aviation/38473-qatar-airways-to-fly-dubrovnik-santorini-osaka-kigali-kilimanjaro-in-2020
23. Liu, Jim. "Qatar Airways NS20 Network changes as of 19MAR20". Routesonline. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
24. "Ryanair W19 Network changes summary as of 04OCT19". routesonline.com.
25. "Ryanair expands Dublin – Greece network from late-August 2020". routesonline.com. 30 July 2020.
26. Liu, Jim. "Ryanair / Laudamotion S20 network consolidation as of 18JUN20". Routesonline. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
27. "Flight". apollo.se.
28. "TUI to fly from Newcastle Airport to Santorini, Hurghada and Skiathos in 2020". chroniclelive.co.uk. 22 October 2019.
29. 2017, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Volotea S17 New routes as of 10OCT16". Retrieved 4 May 2017.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
30. Liu, Jim. "Volotea S20 network additions as of 10OCT19". Routesonline. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
31. https://airlinestravel.ro/wizz-air-anunta-8-rute-noi-de-la-bucuresti-cagliari-copenhaga-bergen-hamburg-karlsruhe-baden-baden-memmingen-santorini-si-mykonos.html
32. https://airlinergs.com/wizz-air-announces-a-new-base-in-dortmund/
33. https://www.wetravel.biz/2020/05/28/wizzair-nuova-base-a-malpensa/
34. https://www.austrianwings.info/2020/06/wizz-air-erweitert-das-streckennetz-in-wien/
35. "SANTORINI AIRPORT", ypa.gr
36. "SANTORINI AIRPORT (JTR) Air Traffic statistics", jtr-airport.gr

External links

Media related to Santorini Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website / Civil Aviation Authority